Endosymbionts Flashcards
Cyanelles
Ancestral chloroplasts in Glaucophtres
Model chlorophytes
Chlamydomonas reinhdardtii and Volvox carteri
Isogamy
Sexual reproduction involving gametes with same morphology
Anisogamy
Sexual reproduction involving two different gametes
Group containing land plants and Charophytes
Streptophytes
Charophytes
Complex green algae common in freshwater and terrestrial environments
Biological soil crust
Complex community of green algae, cyanobacteria, lichens, etc. that colonize soil surface and establish living soil where plants can proliferate
Lignin
Complex organic polymer structure incorporated in cell wall of Streptophytes
Chara
Multicellular plant-like algae that deposit CaCO3
Oogamy
Sexual reproduction involving a small motile male gamete and larger, less motile female gamete
Hormones
Molecules present in low concentrations that regulate important biochemical pathways
Pseudoparenchyma
Filamentous algal tissues embedded in an extracellular matrix
Light harvesting complex
Array of proteins and chlorophyll embedded in thylakoid membrane of Rhodophytes
Model Euglenozoa
Euglena gracilis
Haptonema
Peg-like organelle in many Haptophytes that functions in attachment to substrate, feeding, or sensing